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- October 02, 202410 years ago (2014) •On Sept. 11 the Minnesota Humanities Center recognized 30 Minnesota Veterans at the 2014 Veterans’ Voices Award Ceremony, honoring veterans who have made significant contributions to their communities. Among the awardees was Luverne native David Wentzel, who received the “On the Rise” award for his “work to significantly improve the lives of Minnesota’s veterans,” according…
- September 25, 202410 years ago (2014) •Kaitlyn Van Meeteren, employed with Good Samaritan Society Luverne at Poplar Creek Estates, received a Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation scholarship. Kaitlyn, a universal worker employed at Poplar Creek Estates since January 2013, was presented with the scholarship by Jill Schewe, director of Assisted Living, Housing, and Home Care for Care Providers of Minnesota. ……
- September 17, 202410 years ago (2014) •A Luverne teenager will represent the city Sunday in a first-ever statewide vocal competition called Minnesota Sings. Madilyn Oye, a 16-year-old junior at Luverne High School, will perform Sept. 28 in the McKnight Ballroom at the Holiday Inn St. Paul East Hotel. The Luverne Area Chamber of Commerce selected Oye and sponsored her entry into the contest. “I am a little…
- September 11, 202410 years ago (2014) •A journalism career that started in 1985 with a Star Herald internship has come full circle for Mavis Fodness, who was hired Sept. 2 as a full-time reporter at the Star Herald. “I’m looking forward to getting to know my community again and sharing that experience with readers,” said Fodness, who graduated from Luverne High School. Managing editor Lori Ehde said Fodness is…
- September 04, 202410 years ago (2014) •A 50-year-old piece of Luverne history is gone after crews demolished the 2-million-gallon steel water storage tank near the city power plant earlier this month. The tank was beginning to age, and it was more cost effective to replace it than to repair it. In its place, the city is constructing two 1.2-million-gallon tanks, for a total project cost of roughly $2 million…
- August 28, 202410 years ago (2014) •Mike Jarchow recently returned home from Haiti where he helped set up a tent donated by his business to a school in a remote village. He and his wife, Wanda, own Jarchow Enterprises, which rents out tents, tables and other equipment for weddings, graduations and other events. Last summer he was at a Sioux Falls lumberyard looking for tent parts when he was approached by a…
- August 21, 202410 years ago (2014) •Luverne High School graduate McKayla Schilling was recently recognized by the Army National Guard for physical fitness excellence following 10 weeks of basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. She was the top female finisher in her company, with only two male recruits finishing ahead of her. At the end of her training, she received “The Army Achievement Medal for exceeding…
- August 14, 202410 years ago (2014) •Flowers and gardening have a healing effect on humans, and at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, one little garden is helping a lot of humans – and wildlife, too. The garden oasis that sprouted near the home’s west wing entrance started with one resident, Rex Oberhelman, who enjoyed plants and flowers and filled windowsills and corners with his hobby. When his hobby…
- August 07, 202410 years ago (2014) •After 27 years of clocking into work in school kitchens at 6 in the morning, Mary Smook will be able to sleep in this fall. “When school starts in August, that will be kind of nice,” Smook said. Smook retired as the head cook at Luverne Elementary School at the end of last year. She had been cooking for Rock County students and school staff since 1988 when she began as…
- July 31, 202410 years ago (2014) •It’s been a good summer for Kenneth brothers Nathan and Justin Rust, who were promoted to master sergeant and senior master sergeant respectively in the U.S. Air Force. Nathan Rust found out in June of his promotion to master sergeant, and Justin was notified July 16. Nathan’s wife, Darlene, was promoted to technical sergeant last winter. “The fact my wife, brother and I…
- July 24, 202410 years ago (2014) •The Luverne Country Club yielded its first hole-in-one of the 2014 season Saturday. Brad Van Santen, an LCC member for the past seven years, registered the first ace of his career during the first two nine-hole rounds he played at the course. Van Santen pulled a 9-iron out of his bag to attacked the pin on LCC’s par-3 No. 3 hole. Van Santen’s shot from the tee bounced in…
- July 17, 202410 years ago (2014) •Luverne City Park is closed for the rest of the year. So is Riverside Park and its softball diamonds. That’s according to Luverne Public Works Supervisor John Stoffel, who said the parks will need to be reseeded due to extensive floor damage last month. “We’ve had other floods where we were able to get the water levels down soon enough, but this time was long term and…
- July 10, 202410 years ago (2014) •Stetson Gath, a 2014 graduate of South Dakota State University, Brookings, traveled this spring with other SDSU students to China, where he studied agriculture, infrastructure, and their cultural way of life, along with changes in their growing population. Gath, son of Mark and Leah Gath, visited the cities of Beijing, Xi’an, Hong Kong and Guangzhou. While in Beijing, he…
- July 03, 202410 years ago (2014) •Rock County farmer Peter Bakken recently remarked, “What good are all the soil conservation measures if we don’t know if they’re helping?” So, when the Rock County Soil and Water Conservation office asked him to host a field runoff sampling site, Bakken and his brother, Jay, didn’t hesitate to participate. “The Bakkens certainly aren’t the only conservation-minded farmers…
- June 26, 202410 years ago (2014) •Longtime Mary Jane Brown Home activities director Janice Fick said a tearful goodbye to co-workers and residents in her retirement party June 30. Fick began her tenure at MJB in 1979 when she was a 16-year-old high school student. After attending college and earning a teaching degree, she returned 24 years ago and has served on the staff ever since. Fick shared a few…
- June 19, 202410 years ago (2014) •The Rock County Historical Society is requesting $150,000 each from the Luverne City Council and the Rock County Board of Commissioners. The request comes as part of a $900,000 fundraising campaign to transform the downtown Ford Motor building into the new History Center, as it will be called. History Center Fundraising Chairman Greg Burger presented a preliminary project…
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